Bahaipedia:Today's featured individual/November 12

Entrance to the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh

Bahá’u’lláh meaning "Glory of God" is the founder of the Bahá’í Faith. He fufilled the Bábí prophecy of "He whom God shall make manifest", but in a broader sense He was also the "supreme Manifestation of God", referring to the fulfillment of the eschatological expectations of a prophetic cycle beginning with Adam, and including Abrahamic religions, as well as Zoroastrianism, the Indian religions, and others. Bahá’u’lláh is the initiator of a new religion, as Jesus or Muhammad were — but also the initiator of a new cycle, like that attributed to Adam. Bahá’u’lláh authored many books, tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction has been translated into English until now. He revealed thousands of tablets with a total volume more than 70 times the size of the Qur'an and more than 15 times the size of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. most notably are the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Kitáb-i-Íqán. (more...)